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FY2003 GLNPO Project SummariesINTRODUCTIONIn Fiscal Year 2003, the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes program issued awards for 105 Great Lakes projects totaling $7.7 million for the protection and restoration of the Great Lakes ecosystem. This document contains brief summaries of those projects.
Since 1993, GLNPO has funded some 800 projects totaling $85 million. Document Organization and ContactsProjects described in this document are listed by category as follows.
Within each category, projects are listed according to the Great Lake most impacted by the project. Projects that address the issues of more than one lake are placed under the heading “Basin-wide or Multiple Basin.” The summary for each project includes the project’s name, EPA grant or Interagency Agreement number, the amount of funds awarded, the recipient, principal investigator, the project period, and the USEPA-GLNPO project officer. Project-specific questions should be directed to the project officer at the telephone number given. General questions regarding this document or GLNPO funding should be directed to Michael Russ at 312-886-4013. USEPA staff may also be contacted via e-mail using the convention: lastname.firstname@epa.gov Contaminated Sediments
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APPLICANT |
PROJECT |
Total $ |
Erie County Environmental |
2004 Great Lakes Student Summit |
$20,000 |
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Ohio Department of Natural Resources |
STREAMS Channel Protection/Restoration Conf and Workshops |
$10,815 |
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Minnesota Department of |
Biological Control of European Buckthorn-Continuation |
$50,000 |
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Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cayuga County |
Weeds Watch Out! (W2O!): Stop Invasive Aquatic Plants |
$60,000 |
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Gathering Waters Conservancy |
Lake Michigan Shorelands Alliance |
$70,000 |
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Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council |
Wetlands C.P.R. Toolbox Printing |
$20,000 |
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Great Lakes Commission |
Brownfields-Greenfields Policy Roundtable |
$20,000 |
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Michigan Department of Environmental Quality |
Protecting Lake Huron Coastal Wetlands |
$100,000 |
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The Nature Conservancy |
Managing Habitats in the St. Louis River Headwaters |
$100,000 |
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The Nature Conservancy |
Developing Methods to Analyze and Restore Flow Regimes |
$71,300 |
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The Door County Land Use Forum, Inc. |
Conservation Planning Informed by Public Participation |
$17,500 |
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TOTAL |
$539,615 |
2004 Great Lakes Student Summit (GL96518001: $20,000)
Recipient: Erie County Environmental Education Institute
Principal Investigator: Richard Schechter (716-852-7500)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 -September 30, 2005
Project Officer: Karen Rodriguez (312-353-2690)
In 2004, nearly 250 students in Grades 5-10 will travel to Buffalo, NY to share their in-class scientific research and studies on resource management, energy issues and other human impacts on the Great Lakes ecosystem. The Summit will raise awareness of students about Great Lakes issues, encourage teachers to include Great Lakes protection and restoration topics in their environmental education curriculums, give students of all races and income levels an opportunity to participate as scientists in a professional forum, and protect the Great Lakes ecosystem through the education of future decision makers.
STREAMS Channel Protection / Restoration Conference and Workshops
(GL96518001: $10,815)
Recipient: Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Principal Investigator: Jill Evans (614-265-6637)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2005
Project Officer: Karen Rodriguez (312-353-2690)
The conference and workshops will provide tools to enhance the understanding of stream morphology and the capabilities to use natural channel design concepts with professionals engaged in water resource improvement and protection by developing and hosting three meetings.
Brownfields - Greenfields Policy Roundtable (GL96518001: $20,000)
Recipient: Great Lakes Commission
Principal Investigator: Michael J. Donahue (734-971-9135)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2005
Project Officer: Karen Rodriguez (312-353-2690)
This project will fund a second policy roundtable that will inform and educate state officials and other key opinion leaders about policies and tools for linking brownfields redevelopment and greenfields protection. The second roundtable is proposed for either Ohio or Indiana/Illinois. The first roundtable was held in January 2003 in Michigan and was met with enormous success.
Biodiversity Atlas of the Lake Huron to Lake Erie Corridor
(GL97536601-3: $5,000)
Recipient: Wildlife Habitat Council
Principal Investigator: Caroline Biribauer (313-235-9624)
Project Period: October 1, 2000 - September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Karen Rodriguez (312-353-2690)
The Wildlife Habitat Council will complete the production of a camera ready copy of the Biodiversity Atlas of the Lake Huron to Lake Erie Corridor. With matching contributions from others, 8,000-10,000 copies will be printed and distributed to schools and sponsors throughout Michigan and Ontario.
Green Chemistry in the GL Binational Toxics Strategy (GL96519301:
$50,000)
Recipient: University of Illinois Waste Management & Research
Center
Principal Investigator: William Nelson
Project Period: October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Edwin (Ted) Smith (312-353-6571)
Green chemistry is the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances. Green chemistry is a highly effective approach to pollution prevention because it applies innovative scientific solutions to real-world environmental situations. This project will utilize the ADOP2T paradigm to diffuse green chemistry into the Great Lakes Binational Toxics Strategy. The project will:
Minimizing Dental Mercury Discharges in Metro Milwaukee
(GL96523801: $40,000)
Recipient: Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Principal Investigator: Steve Brachman (414-227-3160)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Edward Klappenbach (312-353-1378)
The University of Wisconsin-Extension Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center (SHWEC) will provide support to and foster the partnership between the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) and the Wisconsin Dental Association (WDA) in fine tuning the proposed regulatory strategy for reducing discharges of dental amalgam. This Milwaukee dental amalgam reduction program will serve as a model for other sewerage districts in the Great Lakes basin. The objectives of this project include:
Lake Erie Dental Mercury Reduction Partnership (GL-96517401:
$40,000)
Recipient: Delta Institute
Principal Investigator: Abigail Jarka (312-554-0900)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2005
Project Officer: Marcia Damato (312-886-0266)
This project will continue work on the Dental Mercury and POTW project, first funded last year by the Lake Erie Team. The project is part of a cluster of projects issued under a single grant to the Recipient. Additional information is available in the LaMP/RAP section.
Dental Waste Management Program (GL96530801: $30,000)
Recipient: Erie County
Principal Investigator: Mary Rossi (716-858-7583)
Project Period: November 1, 2003 - April 30, 2005
Project Officer: E. Marie Phillips (312-886-6034)
The project provides technical assistance and training for dental offices operating in Erie County. The Erie County Department of Environment and Planning proposes to assist the dental community in developing waste management programs and waste separation strategies to reduce their primary source of mercury and lead releases, and their overall mercury and lead contributions to the Great Lakes Basin.
Combined Lakes Erie, Michigan and Superior LaMP/RAP (GL96521301:
$35,000)
Recipient: Friends of Detroit River
Principal Investigator: Robert Burns (313-676-4626)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 - April 30, 2005
Project Officer: Rose Ellison (734-692-7689)
This is a pollution prevention project for the Detroit River Area of Concern conducted by the Friends of the Detroit River, in partnership with Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, local citizen volunteers, environmental organizations and other stakeholders. In an attempt to mitigate unknown discharges emanating from point sources along the Detroit River the objective of this project is to: locate and map all outfalls along the Detroit River; determine the type, source, ownership and composition of each discharge; create a single source database of outfall information which will be available to the public; and, provide training and create training materials for the development of a citizens volunteer group to assist in monitoring outfalls.
Taconite Hg Emission Control Study (GL96513101: $50,000)
Recipient: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Principal Investigator: Michael E. Berndt (651-297-5983)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2005
Project Officer: Todd Nettesheim (312-353-9153)
Stack emissions from taconite processing operations represent Minnesota=s second largest and the Lake Superior basin=s largest contributor of mercury to the atmosphere. The emissions occur when trace mercury (Hg(II)) in taconite ore is converted to elemental mercury (Hg(0)) upon heating to high temperatures in a process known as induration (hardening of taconite pellets). The wet scrubbers that most taconite plants employ to control stack emissions capture particulates and dissolvable gases but not Hg(0). This study will determine the effectiveness of converting Hg(0) to Hg(II) within the gas stream and capturing it with an existing wet scrubber to reduce emissions of mercury. Experiments will be conducted to determine primary pathways of this mercury and the most cost effective and efficient means to permanently eliminate this Hg(II) from the atmosphere will be determined. Results will be compared to results from other existing studies on mercury emission control from taconite plants and coal-fired utilities in an attempt to find the optimal means to reduce mercury form being emitted to the atmosphere from taconite processing.
Great Lakes Regional P2 Roundtable Coordination with EPA GLNPO
(GL96514401: $20,000)
Recipient: University of Illinois Waste Management & Research
Center
Principal Investigator: Debra Jacobson (630-472-5019)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Anthony Kizlauskas (312-353-8773)
The project will support the goals of the Great Lakes Binational Toxics Strategy by marketing and distributing GLBTS publications and activities, identifying common sources of Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxics (PBTs) at industrial facilities and supplying members with complimentary P2 resources, developing a directory of fish consumption advisories and supplying state contacts related PBT elimination information, and distributing industrial boiler and PBT elimination information developed by other P2 organizations.
Mercury Hygiene: Multimedia Training for Dental Offices
(DW179480601: $30,000)
Recipient: U.S. Naval Institute for Dental and Biomedical
Research
Principal Investigator: Mark Stone (847-688-1900 ext. 83619)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Edward Klappenbach (312-353-1378)
This agreement provides funds to the Great Lakes Naval Institute for Dental and Biomedical Research towards the production of a training unit for the dental office that will instruct both dentists and staff members on appropriate practices to handle and dispose of mercury containing waste materials. The final product will be a video production in VHS, DVD, and streaming video format for the web. The video will be filmed in a local treatment facility using a professional video production company.
The content of the mocule will focus on the following areas:
The module will be distributed free of charge to dentists and staff members at local, state, and national dental meetings. Part of the training module will be formatted for streaming video and placed on the GLNPO funded dental mercury web site: http://dentalmercury.com. The initial production run will be 2,000 DVDs and 1,000 VHS tapes, with an option to produce more at a later date if needed.
Comprehensive State Based Mercury Reduction Project (GL96521501:
$35,000)
Recipient: National Wildlife Federation
Principal Investigator: Zoe Lipman (734-769-3351)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Edward Klappenbach (312-353-1378)
To restore the Great Lakes from contamination by mercury and other persistent, bioaccumulative toxic (PBT) pollutants, each state will need a sustained, aggressive and comprehensive approach to pollution prevention. This project aims to speed progress toward virtual elimination of mercury pollution regionally, by demonstrating that comprehensive statewide mercury reduction is not only desirable and feasible, but that mercury phaseouts can be practically implemented in key sectors.
The objectives of this project are to :
Mobilizing/Coordinating Industry GLBTS Support (GL97521802:
$45,000)
Recipient: Council of Great Lakes Industries
Principal Investigator: George Kuper (734-663-1944)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Edwin (Ted) Smith (312-353-6571)
The Council of Great Lakes Industries (CGLI) has worked in partnership with U.S. EPA since 1997 to facilitate implementation of the Great Lakes Binational Toxics Strategy (GLBTS). Funding has been provided by EPA Grants and direct support from CGLI members and non-member industry stakeholders. In this work CGLI has conducted awareness efforts, recruited Workgroup participants, gathered data for release inventory building, helped implement a decision tree process for sector significance determinations, researched incentives which attract industry to BNTS participation, evaluated the results of Level II substance pollution prevention programs, served as a liaison between U.S. EPA and industry stakeholders, and sought substance release reduction commitments from industry stakeholders. This proposal seeks support for the year 2003-2004 cycle to continue and expand on these works. Highlights include:
Quantification and Speciation of Fugitive Mercury Emissions
(GL96527901: $49,975)
Recipient: University of Wisconsin
Principal Investigator: James J. Schauer (608-262-4495)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2005
Project Officer: Frank R. Anscombe (312-353B0201)
This project will estimate mercury vapor emission rates from several potential area (non-stack) sources in Wisconsin. It will also distinguish different species of mercury compounds that may be present in the atmosphere. Emissions rates will be calculated using up and down-wind measurements of mercury vapor species, along with meteorological parameters and other atmospheric substances. These efforts will involve coordination with the Air Management Bureau of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The project will help improve understanding of potential air emissions from non-stack sources in Wisconsin.
Great Lakes United- Eliminating PBTs from Products and Product
Wastes (GL96524301: $25,000)
Recipient: Great Lakes United
Principal Investigator: Bailey Mylleville (716-886-0142)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 – September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Laura Evans (312-886-0851)
Great Lakes United proposes to reduce the release of persistent bioaccumulative substances like mercury to the environment through three interrelated approaches: (1) Continue to assemble the best options for industry and government decision makers to maximize mercury recovery form vehicles, building on past work towards developing a model auto mercury recovery program; (2) Extend the multi-stakeholder workgroup approach to address mercury from household appliances building on our knowledge of auto mercury recovery programs; and (3) GLU will continue to represent our coalition of environmental, conservation and labor groups in the integration Group and the other working committees of the US-Canada Binational Toxics Strategy
Support Binational Program Implementation (GL96503001: $70,000)
Recipient: Environment Canada
Principal Investigator: Susan Nameth (416-739-4937)
Project Period: June 16, 2003 – June 15, 2004
Project Officer: Edward Klappenbach (312-353-1378)
The purpose of this grant is to organize and implement a binational workplan under the U.S.-Canada Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. The objective of this work is to protect and restore the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Great Lakes ecosystem. The following work elements are supported by this grant:
Toxic Reductions through Energy Efficiency and Conservation Among
Industrial Boilers (GL97514403-1: $65,000)
Recipient: Delta Institute
Principal Investigator: Tim Brown (312-554-0900 ext. 13)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 – September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Edward Klappenbach
The purpose of this project shall be to allow Delta Institute to take the next step in the program development and work in partnership with the interested and most promising states to take the steps necessary to implement the program on a pilot scale. The overall objective of the project will be to work with the states and industry partners to identify a number of specific E2 projects that will definitely be pursued as a result of the outreach and will be quantified from the perspective of multiple pollutant reductions. The project will also establish lasting partnerships that will carry the work forward beyond the grant period. This amendment provides an additional $68,421 to carry out the following tasks:
Accelerating the Phaseout of PCB Transformers: The Business Case
(GL96513201: $50,000)
Recipient: Tellus Institute
Principal Investigator: Karen Shapiro (617-266-5400 x244)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2005
Project Officer: Danielle Green (312-886-7594)
The project will encourage firms to decommission PCB transformers by helping them understand the true costs and savings of PCB phaseout. Tellus will develop case studies for one to two firms in one industry sector in order to understand those firms= current cost assessments for PCB transformer use and to develop updated cost estimates of PCB transformer management and disposal. The results of this research will assist other PCB transformer owners in estimating their costs/savings of PCB phaseout. The final project report will also describe a menu of policy options for creating financial incentives to motivate accelerated PCB transformer phaseout.
Investigating Mechanisms and Extent of Internal Phosphorus
Loading in support of Modeling (GL97590101-1: $99,998)
Recipient: Case Western Reserve/University of Windsor
Principal Investigator: Gerald Matisoff (216-368-3677)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 – September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Glenn Warren (312-886-2405)
Recent observations by various investigators have found that i) biomass of phytoplankton (Chlorophyll a) in the central and eastern basins is at historically low levels, despite the fact that ii) concentrations of total phosphorus (TP) have been increasing over the past 5 years, even though iii) TP loadings to Lake Erie have not risen; iv) central basin oxygen demand has not changed through the 1990s, and v) central basin hypolimnial oxygen depletion continues to occur. Such patterns are inconsistent with predictions and dynamics of models of internal lake function originally developed to guide management of Lake Erie=s nutrient budget. These observations may represent situations that have naturally occurred at times prior to monitoring records. Alternatively, they may reflect consequences of novel environmental and biological pressures modifying energy and nutrient flow through the ecosystem.
Lake Michigan in Motion: Responses of an Inland Sea to Weather,
Earthspin, and Human Activities (GL96512101: $13,550)
Recipient: The University of Wisconsin Madison
Principal Investigator: Steve Salemson (608-263-0263)
Project Period: September 1, 2003 - June 30, 2004
Project Officer: Glenn Warren (312-886-2405)
This project funds publication of a book on the physical, chemical, and biological responses of Lake Michigan to weather and anthropogenic input. It will be a major publishing event in the field of Limnology and will provide information and research findings compiled by one of the preeminent scientists in the field.
Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants in Lake Michigan Water
(GL96512301: $100,544)
Recipient: Regents of the University of Minnesota
Principal Investigator: Matt Simcik (612-626-6269)
Project Period: September 1, 2003 - August 31, 2006
Project Officer: Melissa Hulting (312-886-2265)
This project will collect data on levels of PCBs, organchlorine pesticides, dioxin, mercury (including methylmercury), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in the water of Lake Michigan. Most of these chemicals are listed as persistent toxic substances to be addressed through reduction efforts under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (as well as the U.S.-Canada Binational Toxics Strategy). PBDEs, PFOS, and PFOA are chemicals of emerging concern for which water data has not yet been collected for the Great Lakes; this project will provide baseline levels for these substances. The data collected will be complementary and comparable to that collected by GLNPO=s air and fish toxic monitoring programs, and collection of water data will allow calculation of bioaccumulation factors, as well as calculation of air-water fluxes for Lake Michigan. The intent is that this will serve as the beginning of a long-term water persistent bioaccumulative toxics (PBT) monitoring program that will complement Canada=s data collection efforts on the rest of the Great Lakes.
Modeling of Sediment and Contaminant Transportation and Fate in
Lake Michigan (GL97578101-1: $70,153)
Recipient: University of California Santa Barbara
Principal Investigator:
Project Period: October 1, 2001 - September 30, 2003
Project Officer: Paul Horvatin (312-353-3612)
This project will modify an existing sediment transport and fate model, SEDZLE, for use in Lake Michigan, and extend the model to the transport and fate of PCBs. Erosion rates will also be measured using Lake Michigan sediment cores to verify model predictions. This project presents a unique opportunity to address an issue of critical importance for transportation of contaminants in Lake Michigan and other systems with contaminated sediment.
Monitoring of Great Lakes Plankton and Benthos (GL975497012:
$594,594)
Recipient: University of Wisconsin-Superior
Principal Investigator: Mary Balcer (715-394-8424)
Project Period: April 1, 2001 – June 4, 2004
Project Officer: David Rockwell (312-353-1373)
This project will provide an assessment of the nature, extent and ecological significance of the plankton and benthic communities in the Great Lakes. Biological samples will be collected and analyzed from 72 stations in the Great Lakes basin in spring and summer. Following sample collection; sample analysis, statistical analysis and interpretation of the data will be conducted to determine changes in community composition that may be linked to changes in water quality of the Great Lakes. Information will be summarized in reports, presentations and Internet documents.
Trends in Great Lakes Fish Contaminants (GL97524202-1: $304,560)
Recipient: University of Minnesota
Principal Investigator: Deborah Swackhamer (612)626-0435
Project Period: October 1, 2002 – September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Melissa Hulting (312-886-2265)
Specifically, this assistance will provide information on the concentrations of toxic organic contaminants in lake trout, walleye, salmon, and rainbow trout that have been collected for the Great Lakes Fish Contaminant Monitoring Program. The University of Minnesota will provide analytical chemistry support and general scientific input to the program. This project is directed toward the impacts of water contaminants on the Great Lakes fishery and the potential human exposure to contaminants through consumption of popular sport species. Composites of whole fish (lake trout and walleye) and fillets (salmon and rainbow trout) collected in 2001 will be analyzed for percent lipid, PCB congeners, toxaphene homologs, pesticides, and other contaminants as listed in the Request for Proposals (RFP) issued by U.S. EPA-GLNPO in 1999. In addition, analyses of contaminants not on the original RFP list, including polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), polychlorinated napthalenes (PCNs), dioxins and furans, mercury, and PBB-153 will be analyzed. These substances were added in response to a March 2001 workshop on Emerging Contaminants funded through a prior grant. The University will help GLNPO and the other members of the GLFMP with data analysis and interpretation of long term contaminant trends, which will build upon trend analyses performed in previous years in the Great Lakes Fish Contaminant Monitoring Program.
Collection and Analysis of Water Samples from the Great Lakes for
Inorganic Chemicals (DW 7594806401: $194,000)
Recipient: Federal Occupational and Health Services
Principal Investigator: Michelle Stemmons (312-886-0413)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 – September 30, 2005
Project Officer: Glenn Warren (312-886-2405)
This project which will continue the long term chemical monitoring that is part of the mandate for the Great Lakes National Program Office. The Public Health Service Laboratory in Chicago will provide analytical capability as well as sample collection assistance of water samples from all of the Great Lakes. Samples will be analyzed for total phosphorus, total dissolved phosphorus, silica, nitrate-nitrite nitrogen and chloride. The water quality monitoring program has been in place since 1983, with some changes over the years. This agreement will continue the monitoring effort with assured high quality data which will be used for ecosystem health assessment, and tracking of trends.
Carotenoid Tracers of Food Web Pathways for Type E Botulism
(GL96513501: $53,000)
Recipient: Health Research Inc./NYS Department of Health
Principal Investigator: Dr. Katherine Alben (518-473-0774)
Project Period: September 1, 2003 – August 31, 2004
Project Officer: Melissa Hulting (312-886-2265)
This project will use algal pigments as biomarkers to establish dietary connections between forage and sport fish and benthic organisms in Lakes Erie and Ontario in order to help determine how botulism moves through the food web. Fish and mussel samples will be collected in areas of past outbreaks. Carotenoid fingerprints for fish species, tissue type, and type E botulinum presence/absence will be developed and evaluated for statistically significant connections.
Comparison of Technologies for PBT Flux Determination
(GL96520401: $74,989)
Recipient: Michigan Technological University
Principal Investigator: Judith Perlinger (906-487-3641)
Project Period: January 1, 2004 - December 31, 2005
Project Officer: Todd Nettesheim (312-353-9153)
The overall objective of this project is to compare diffusion denuder methodology and micrometeorological methods to measure gas-phase PBT concentrations and air-water exchange rates of PBTs with conventional methods (high volume sampling and flux estimates using the Whitman two-film (W2F) model). The specific activities that will be carried out to meet the overall objective of the project are to (1) carry out a detailed breakthrough volume experiment for the analytes using diffusion denuders, (2) compare diffusion denuder methodology used in the micrometeorological method with IADN=s high volume sampling and analysis methodology in side-by-side sampling, (3) carry out diffusion denuder sampling in the Chicago area to examine the influence of an urban background matrix on the quantification of analyte concentrations, and (4) carry out micrometeorological measurements of fluxes for comparison with W2F estimates, and examine the spatial heterogeneity of fluxes on Lake Superior.
Lake Erie Public Forums and Projects (GL96517401: $280,000)
Recipient: Delta Institute
Principal Investigator: T.J. Holsen (312-554-0900)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 – September 30, 2005
Project Officer: Marcia Damato (312-886-0266)
The Delta Institute will facilitate both the Lake Erie Public Forum and the Lake Michigan Public Forum during FY 04. In this cooperative agreement, the Delta Institute will work closely with the GLNPO Lake Erie team to commence work binationally on three projects selected by the Lake Erie Public Forum to begin implementing the Lake Erie Lakewide Management Plan: (1) improving land use management in watersheds; (2) emerging issues BMP implementation; and (3) chemicals and human health dialogue. The Delta Institute will also produce a watershed strategy near the end of completion of these projects which will enable the Forum and the Lake Erie Work Group to duplicate the successes of these projects in other watersheds and learn from any failures.
Lakes Erie LaMP/RAP (GL96517701: $80,000)
Recipient: Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Principal Investigator: Richard Hobrla (517-335-4173)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Rose Ellison (734-692-7689)
The MDEQ proposes to provide staff support to assist USEPA-GLNPO in providing the work necessary towards accomplishments to the commitments made under the Annex 2 of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. This includes implementing Remedial Action Plans in designated Areas of Concern. RAP support will include providing technical assistance on RAP documents, including RAP updates; participation in project planning activities; and assisting in identification of AOC site specific delisting targets for Beneficial Use Impairments. LaMP support is also included in the same manner as above.
Ohio RAP Delisting Targets and LaMP 2004 Preparation (GL96518701:
$110,000)
Recipient: Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Principal Investigator: Julie Letterhos (614-644-2871)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 – September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Dan O=Riordan (312-886-7981)
The projects will provide OEPA with the resources to conduct various community relations and liaison activities within Ohio=s four Areas of Concern (AOC,) primarily conducting activities related to the implementation of each AOC=s Remedial Action Plans. The projects will also provide OEPA with the resources necessary to create the Lake Erie LaMP 2004 document, which is required through international agreement.
Sediment and Tissue Analysis (DW1494794601: $30,000)
Recipient: USGS, Department of Interior
Principal Investigator: Dan Button (614-430-7737)
Project Period: October 1, 1999 - September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Dan O=Riordan (312-886-7981)
This agreement provides funds to the US Geological Survey to continue an ongoing IAG to incorporate Areas of Concern (AOC=s) within the sediment and (fish) tissue analysis, as well as an assessment of inland tributaries, nearshore, and open lake areas.
Lakes Michigan Public Forums and Projects (GL96517401: $75,000)
Recipient: Delta Institute
Principal Investigator: Timothy Brown (312-554-0900)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 – September 30,
Project Officer: Marcia Damato (312-886-0266)
The Delta Institute will conduct projects cooperatively with USEPA and the Lake Michigan Public Forum to further the Lake Michigan LaMP. The project is part of a cluster of projects issued under a single grant to the Recipient. Additional information is available in the LaMP/RAP section.
Lake Michigan Capacity Building (GL96517501: $39,350)
Recipient: Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission
Principal investigator: Jason Navota (312-454-0401)
Project Period: January 1, 2004 – December 31, 2005
Project Officer: Laura Evans (312-886-0851)
This project will build on progress made during the 2003 Lake Michigan Academy activities to establish, train, and provide assistance to watershed leaders within nine of the regional areas of the Lake Michigan Basin. As part of the first phase of the Lake Michigan Academy project, regions will convene workshops over the next year to (1) determine the status of watershed management activities, (2) identify major impairments to Lake Michigan water quality owing to local watersheds and land use activities, and (3) assess local and regional needs and audiences for technical assistance to work towards Lake Michigan LaMP goals within tributary watersheds of Lake Michigan.
Lake Michigan Great Boat Tour (GL96513601: $15,000)
Recipient: Grand Valley State University
Principal Investigator: Janet Vail (616-331-3048)
Project Period: July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2004
Project Officer: Laura Evans (312-886-0851)
The Making Lake Michigan Great 2003 tour of the W.G. Jackson vessel will build on the success of previous tours that have reached 27 ports of call in Lake Michigan. The 2003 tour will attempt to reach four states in the Lake Michigan Basin to spread the word about the USEPA Lakewide Management Plan and progress in Areas of Concern. Cruises on the Jackson, workshops and open houses will be the main events of the tour which will take place in summer of 2003. Participants in the educational activities onboard the Jackson will conduct hands-on water quality sampling and analysis as the vessel visits the ports of call.
Great Lakes Commission Cluster Grant for Great Lakes Restoration
Initiatives for FY2004 - A Regional Approach for Advancing Remedial
Action Plan Implementation (GL96523901: $85,000)
Recipient: Great Lakes Commission
Principal Investigator: Michael Donahue (734-971-9135)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2005
Project Officer: Michael Russ (312-886-4013)/ Technical Contact:
Judy Beck (312-353-3849)
The Regional Approach to Advance RAP Implementation will work with federal and state agencies, and local groups in the U.S. Areas of Concern (AOC), to facilitate implementation of Remedial Action Plans (RAP) and coordinate educational and information exchange among RAP stakeholders. Using the successful Statewide Public Advisory Council (SPAC) in Michigan as a model, the Commission will identify common needs among the AOCs and develop activities to address them. A special emphasis will be to assist RAP groups in developing strong AOC restoration targets and fostering linkages to associated monitoring and remediation programs, including at least two technical workshops.
WDNR Lake Michigan LaMP, TMDL and HABITAT (GL96527401: $85,000)
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Principal Investigator: Diane Figiel (608-264-6274)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 – September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Edwin (Ted) Smith (312-353-6571)
WDNR will participate in the implementation of the Lake Superior and Michigan LaMPs in a number of respects.
Michigan LaMP/RAP (GL96517701: $65,000)
Recipient: Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Principal Investigator: Richard Hobrla (517-335-4173)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Rose Ellison (734-692-7689)
MDEQ will support commitments made under the Annex 2 of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. This includes implementing Remedial Action Plans in designated Areas of Concern. RAP support will include providing technical assistance on RAP documents, including RAP updates; participation in project planning activities; and assisting in identification of AOC site specific delisting targets for Beneficial Use Impairments. LaMP support is also included in the same manner as above.
Lake Michigan LaMP Implementation (GL96521701: $45,000)
Indiana Department of Environmental Management
Principal Investigator: Alex Da Silva (219-886-8734)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 – September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Laura Evans (312-886-0851)
The project will provide a LaMP Coordinator to undertake activities that support the LaMP and Lake Michigan basin planning. Activities include attendance at TCC and Forum quarterly meetings and conference calls and meetings as needed. Participation in the LaMP Human Health and the Toxic Reduction Sub Committees, Regional Watershed Planning, and LaMP Outreach and Coordination.
State of the Lake 2003 (GL96520601: $20,000)
Recipient: Grand Valley State University
Principal Investigator: Janet Vail (616-331-3048)
Project Period: July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2004
Project Officer: Laura Evans (312-886-0851)
The Annis Water Resources Institute (AWRI) at Grand Valley State University, in cooperation with the US EPA Lake Michigan Forum, will convene a major conference, as a follow up to the 2003 IJC Meeting, the conference will be an opportunity for government agencies, scientific researchers, elected officials, policy makers, and the general public to communicate with one another on current Lake Michigan issues.
Tribal LaMP/RAP Implementation - MI (GL96522801:$20,000)
Recipient: Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Principal Investigator: Mike Ripley (906-632-0072)
Project Period: November 1, 2003 - October 31, 2004
Project Officer: Linda Sliwa (312-353-4891)
This is a LaMP/RAP implementation project that will facilitate and enhance tribal participation and allow tribes to work in partnership with other resource agencies to protect and restore fisheries in the upper Great Lakes. The objective will be achieved through attendance at Great Lakes activities including LaMPs and RAPs. Tribal representatives participate in various groups which address issues related to environmental factors that may ultimately affect fish populations in Lakes Michigan, Superior and Huron.
Lake Superior Lakewide Management Plan Coordination and
Implementation (GL96521101: $75,000)
Recipient: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Principal Investigator: Carri Lohse-Hanson (651-296-9134)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 – September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Marcia Damato (312-886-0266)
As a partner in the Lake Superior Lakewide Management Plan (LaMP,) the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency assists in the implementation of Stage 3 activities per chapter 4 of LaMP 2000. In addition to implementing pollution prevention and reduction projects for mercury, PCBs, pesticides and chlorinated organic by-products such as dioxin, the MPCA also assists with the production of LaMP documents and strategic planning, participates in outreach activities and co-chairs the Chemical Committee of the Lake Superior Work Group.
Superior LaMP/RAP (GL96517701: $30,000)
Recipient: Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Principal Investigator: Richard Hobrla (517-335-4173)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Rose Ellison (734-692-7689)
MDEQ will support commitments made under the Annex 2 of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. This includes implementing Remedial Action Plans in designated Areas of Concern. RAP support will include providing technical assistance on RAP documents, including RAP updates; participation in project planning activities; and assisting in identification of AOC site specific delisting targets for Beneficial Use Impairments. LaMP support is also included in the same manner as above.
RAP Habitat Recommendations (GL96519001: $35,000)
Recipient: St. Louis River Citizens Action Committee
Principal Investigator: Lynelle Hanson (218-733-9520)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 – September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Marcia Damato (312-886-0266)
This project is located in an Area of Concern. In keeping with the goals of the Lake Superior Lakewide Management Plan, this project will continue the work of the St. Louis River Citizens Action Committee toward the eventual goal of de-listing. This award will enable this group to hold four quarterly community outreach events, coordinate technical workgroups, including the contaminated sediments workgroup, the environmental stewardship workgroup, and the habitat workgroup. They will also be designing an interactive website.
A Community Awareness Program for Lake Superior (GL96520801:
$30,000)
Recipient: Central Lake Superior Land Conservancy
Principal Investigator: James Cantrill (906-227-2061)
Project Period: October 7, 2003 to October 6, 2004
Project Officer: Marcia Damato (312-886-0266)
This project seeks to gauge public awareness of issues affecting Lake Superior. Through contacts in nine U.S. cities in the Lake Superior Basin, the project will coordinate visits with key contacts in local organizations, design surveys and interview procedures, analyze responses and report them back to the binational Lake Superior Lakewide Management Plan program.
WDNR Lake Superior LaMP (GL96527401: $60,000)
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Principal Investigator: Charles Ledin (608-266-1956)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 – September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Edwin (Ted) Smith (312-353-6571)
WDNR will participate in the implementation of the Lake Superior and Michigan LaMPs in a number of respects. With respect to the Lake Superior LaMP, WNDR will develop and promote implementation projects, coordinate with other jurisdictions through participation on the Superior Workgroup, and interact with the public through the Lake Superior Forum, St Louis RAP CAC, and the DNR partner team, with an emphasis placed on pollution prevention and public awareness campaigns to reduce mercury, tributary protection and restoration, pollution abatement through the SWG chemical workgroup, and integration efforts with state, tribal, federal, local governments and advocacy groups in the Wisconsin portion of the basin.
Substrate Mapping of Keweenaw Bay, Lake Superior (GL96520901:
$37,574)
Recipient: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
Principal Investigator: Michael Donofrio (906-524-5757)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 – September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Marcia Damato (312-886-0266)
Keweenaw Bay is located within Michigan’s shoreline of Lake Superior. Keweenaw Bay’s near shore habitat is important to achieve a sustainable fishery, including lake sturgeon and lake trout spawning. The mapping of near shore habitats is mentioned as a high priority in the LAMP 2000. Keweenaw Bay Indian Community intends to map the substrate along 16 miles of shoreline from a depth of 2-20 meters and compare substrate type with fishery assessments conducted in 2004. Environment Canada and USFWS will cooperate in this effort. The substrate mapping will complement similar work performed in 2002; this project will continue north from the L’Anse Indian Reservation on the west side of Keweenaw Bay to the Portage Canal entrance and from the L’Anse Indian Reservation to the east side of Keweenaw Bay to Point Abbaye.
U.S Co-Chair, Lake Superior Work Group (DW1294804901: $58,000)
Recipient: US Forest Service
Principal Investigator:
Project Period: October 1, 2003 – September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Marcia Damato (312-886-0266)
The IAG will fund the duties of the U.S. Co-Chair of the Lake Superior Work Group, Lake Superior Binational Program. These include maintaining membership, managing LSWG meetings, leading the LSWG in Lakewide Management Plan implementation, helping to develop the LaMP 2004 report, and completing the current LSWG ALeadership Work Plan.@ This supports the LSBNP, a partnership of the United States, Canada, States, Province of Ontario and Tribes. The LSWG and its members are representatives and resource experts from state and federal government, tribal and natural resource agencies. The LSWG has a particular role in the implementation of LaMP commitments and continues to develop objectives, indicators, and targets. The LSWG continues to pursue the restoration of the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the Lake Superior Basin ecosystem..
Tribal LaMP/RAP Implementation - SU (GL96522801:$35,000)
Recipient: Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Principal Investigator: Mike Ripley (906-632-0072)
Project Period: November 1, 2003 - October 31, 2004
Project Officer: Linda Sliwa (312-353-4891)
This is a LaMP/RAP implementation project that will facilitate and enhance tribal participation and allow tribes to work in partnership with other resource agencies to protect and restore fisheries in the upper Great Lakes. The objective will be achieved through attendance at Great Lakes activities including LaMPs and RAPs. Tribal representatives participate in various groups which address issues related to environmental factors that may ultimately affect fish populations in Lakes Michigan, Superior and Huron.
Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Lake Superior
Protection and Management Program (GL96520701: $77,000)
Recipient: Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
Principal Investigator: Ann McCammon Soltis (715-682-6619)
Project Period: October 1, 2003 – September 30, 2004
Project Officer: Linda Sliwa (312-353-4891) / Marcia Damato
(312-886-0266)</